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This picture is to small to be eligible for consideration as a [[Wikipedia:Featured picture but I would love to see one taken which would be eligible for consideration. I'm all but certain a good, qualifying picture of the little critter would be a shoo-in for winning. Badbilltucker 16:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Looks like a domestic cat. Are these felines able to hybridize with domestic
Nominate this for a move to Sand cat, seeing how "sand cat" isn't a proper noun (no matter what some people seem to think...) TREKphiler hit me ♠ 03:11, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
The article listed as a reference shows that large birds of prey (raptors) are a threat to the sand cat. A few users keep removing this, I assume because they are unfamiliar with what a raptor is. I have reverted the edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by F4hy ( talk • contribs) 04:45, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
If anyone could add information about the Sand Cat's predators and prey or where it fits in a food chain, that would be an excellent addition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.35.228.100 ( talk) 02:56, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Why is it relevant that one kitten was born at Israel's Safari Zoo in July 2011? It is expected to join a program for breeding them in captivity for release in the wild. Kittens being born in captivity is hardly a new thing. Having this on the page seems like advertising for the zoo, and is thus counter to Wikipedia's policies about advertising. Nadiatalent ( talk) 12:22, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
sand cats are like, really cool. Oh also, one kitten is not relevant to the article at hand. I agree with the advertising thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.153.61 ( talk) 17:30, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
I'll leave this up the admins to include this information or not, but there's been a somewhat booming breed of hybrids in the American southwest between Sand cats and domestic cats, likely from a privately owned Sand cat being bread with an American orange tabby and its subsequent descendants. I've personally come into possession of one of these hybrids and have confirmed with veterinarians that it's 1/16th Sand cat. 184.101.62.67 ( talk) 23:32, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
In the "Characteristics" section is written the fragment "The ears are b[15]". Later in that section are two nonsensical transitions. The first one seems to confuse the paws and the eyes: "The undersides of the paws are protected from extreme temperatures by a thick covering of fur. They are set low, giving a broad flat appearance to the head." The second confuses the paws and the ears: "This feature makes the cat's tracks obscure and difficult to identify and follow.[17] This trait may protect the inner ears from wind-blown sand and aid detection of movements of subterranean prey." 24.84.84.252 ( talk) 18:49, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
"The sand cat has a bite force quotient of 133.1", which is the highest of all cats.[21] that cant be right thats higher than a tiger /info/en/?search=Bite_force_quotient
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Looking through this article, I noticed that it listed four subspecies, whereas the latest assessment by the IUCN Cat Classification Taskforce only lists two, subsuming F. m. harrisoni and F. m. scheffeli into F. m. thinobia. I added this information to the article under subspecies when I first noticed it, and then added the subspecies's names to the taxobox to avoid confusion (since there are presently two subspecies lists).
However, that leads me to a question: should I merge the info from F. m. harrisoni and F. m. scheffeli into F. m. thinobia, as is happening in other places? There does not seem to be any really good reason to keep them separate, as all four ssp. articles are short, almost stubs, and there is no major distinction between the populations in either ecology or research.
Also, the Cat Taskforce's paper on the subject had a better map of the sandcat's range, with ssp. differentiation. Would it be possible for someone to replace the present range map with that one?
If no one objects, I can complete the merges plus add information from the IUCN paper.-- SilverTiger12 ( talk) 13:15, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
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From a first read-through, it seems like an excellent article, with only a few flaws. Let's go through the checklist.
That's all I have for now. Stay tuned for more. Excellent article. Aven13 17:35, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
A few more comments:
Alright, very nice job. There are only two more things I can see that need some fixing.
After those two are done, we should be ready to promote to GA.
The result was: rejected by
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Fails newness criteria
Improved to Good Article status by BhagyaMani ( talk). Self-nominated at 14:14, 7 June 2020 (UTC).
Thanks very much...conducted is much better than "carried out. I have no desire to argue with your horror at "due to a lack of in-depth studies targeting wild sand cat populations" versus "as only a few in-depth studies targeting wild sand cat populations were carried out". I may say "lack of"...you may say only a few ..but it conveys the same meaning to the reader, IMO. Some studies were made,...if no studies of any sort had been completed, I hope that is what the article would, of course, say. But please, please don't end a sentence with "carried out." This is why I asked the rhetorical grammatical question, concerning where things were being carried. Thanks for providing "conducted", which I respect as a good choice, since you were unhappy with my changes. Tribe of Tiger Let's Purrfect! 04:53, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
Under Hunting and diet, first paragraph, last sentence: "The Toubou people recounted of sand cats coming to their camps at night and drinking fresh camel milk."
This is very poorly worded. "Recounted of" is absolutely poor English grammar. "The Toubou people of Northern Africa reported that sand cats came to their camps at night and drank fresh camel milk." This is much better, but if you prefer to leave out "Northern Africa", for whatever personal and editorial reasons, please, at least, allow one of these grammatical sentences: "The Toubou people reported some incidents of sand cats coming to their camps at night and drinking fresh camel milk." OR "The Toubou people reported that sand cats occasionally came to their camps at night and drank fresh camel milk."to remain.
Surely, we should supply a two word modifier "Northern Africa". Please let me know why this was objectionable. Thanks, Tribe of Tiger Let's Purrfect! 05:51, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
I read recently of a wild Sand Cat being seen in Israel, and photographed. If so, it isn't locally extinct, as the article says. I didn't note any details since I wasn't aware of the statement here at the time Chrismorey ( talk) 16:54, 29 May 2021 (UTC).
These may be proposed taxonomy instead of one more commonly accepted at the time of this edit, but discussions pertaining to that topic is a matter of phylogeny and not the editing policy of wikipedia. Removing contents that is not of the nature of original research but with a reference to a published article in a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal appears to be arbitrary and subjective.
Among the Tuareg people of the Ténéré desert, it has a reputation of efficiently killing venomous snakes.
@ BhagyaMani: What is the source for this statement? This sentence has no ref, and is featured only in the lead section. From Special:Diff/954253204, I understand that you have inserted this info. -- NGC 54 ( talk| contribs) 00:57, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
I merged/redirected the two subspecies articles into this one, as they were essentially just partial, sparser duplicates of this article. Also, I added an image that is specified to be of one subspecies to the taxonomy section, so if anyone can find an image specifically of the other subspecies (F. m. margarita), that'd be useful. Happy editing, SilverTiger12 ( talk) 21:29, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
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This picture is to small to be eligible for consideration as a [[Wikipedia:Featured picture but I would love to see one taken which would be eligible for consideration. I'm all but certain a good, qualifying picture of the little critter would be a shoo-in for winning. Badbilltucker 16:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Looks like a domestic cat. Are these felines able to hybridize with domestic
Nominate this for a move to Sand cat, seeing how "sand cat" isn't a proper noun (no matter what some people seem to think...) TREKphiler hit me ♠ 03:11, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
The article listed as a reference shows that large birds of prey (raptors) are a threat to the sand cat. A few users keep removing this, I assume because they are unfamiliar with what a raptor is. I have reverted the edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by F4hy ( talk • contribs) 04:45, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
If anyone could add information about the Sand Cat's predators and prey or where it fits in a food chain, that would be an excellent addition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.35.228.100 ( talk) 02:56, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Why is it relevant that one kitten was born at Israel's Safari Zoo in July 2011? It is expected to join a program for breeding them in captivity for release in the wild. Kittens being born in captivity is hardly a new thing. Having this on the page seems like advertising for the zoo, and is thus counter to Wikipedia's policies about advertising. Nadiatalent ( talk) 12:22, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
sand cats are like, really cool. Oh also, one kitten is not relevant to the article at hand. I agree with the advertising thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.153.61 ( talk) 17:30, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
I'll leave this up the admins to include this information or not, but there's been a somewhat booming breed of hybrids in the American southwest between Sand cats and domestic cats, likely from a privately owned Sand cat being bread with an American orange tabby and its subsequent descendants. I've personally come into possession of one of these hybrids and have confirmed with veterinarians that it's 1/16th Sand cat. 184.101.62.67 ( talk) 23:32, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
In the "Characteristics" section is written the fragment "The ears are b[15]". Later in that section are two nonsensical transitions. The first one seems to confuse the paws and the eyes: "The undersides of the paws are protected from extreme temperatures by a thick covering of fur. They are set low, giving a broad flat appearance to the head." The second confuses the paws and the ears: "This feature makes the cat's tracks obscure and difficult to identify and follow.[17] This trait may protect the inner ears from wind-blown sand and aid detection of movements of subterranean prey." 24.84.84.252 ( talk) 18:49, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
"The sand cat has a bite force quotient of 133.1", which is the highest of all cats.[21] that cant be right thats higher than a tiger /info/en/?search=Bite_force_quotient
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Looking through this article, I noticed that it listed four subspecies, whereas the latest assessment by the IUCN Cat Classification Taskforce only lists two, subsuming F. m. harrisoni and F. m. scheffeli into F. m. thinobia. I added this information to the article under subspecies when I first noticed it, and then added the subspecies's names to the taxobox to avoid confusion (since there are presently two subspecies lists).
However, that leads me to a question: should I merge the info from F. m. harrisoni and F. m. scheffeli into F. m. thinobia, as is happening in other places? There does not seem to be any really good reason to keep them separate, as all four ssp. articles are short, almost stubs, and there is no major distinction between the populations in either ecology or research.
Also, the Cat Taskforce's paper on the subject had a better map of the sandcat's range, with ssp. differentiation. Would it be possible for someone to replace the present range map with that one?
If no one objects, I can complete the merges plus add information from the IUCN paper.-- SilverTiger12 ( talk) 13:15, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Aven13 ( talk · contribs) 16:49, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I'll review this article.
Aven13 16:49, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
From a first read-through, it seems like an excellent article, with only a few flaws. Let's go through the checklist.
That's all I have for now. Stay tuned for more. Excellent article. Aven13 17:35, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
A few more comments:
Alright, very nice job. There are only two more things I can see that need some fixing.
After those two are done, we should be ready to promote to GA.
The result was: rejected by
Yoninah (
talk) 00:24, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Fails newness criteria
Improved to Good Article status by BhagyaMani ( talk). Self-nominated at 14:14, 7 June 2020 (UTC).
Thanks very much...conducted is much better than "carried out. I have no desire to argue with your horror at "due to a lack of in-depth studies targeting wild sand cat populations" versus "as only a few in-depth studies targeting wild sand cat populations were carried out". I may say "lack of"...you may say only a few ..but it conveys the same meaning to the reader, IMO. Some studies were made,...if no studies of any sort had been completed, I hope that is what the article would, of course, say. But please, please don't end a sentence with "carried out." This is why I asked the rhetorical grammatical question, concerning where things were being carried. Thanks for providing "conducted", which I respect as a good choice, since you were unhappy with my changes. Tribe of Tiger Let's Purrfect! 04:53, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
Under Hunting and diet, first paragraph, last sentence: "The Toubou people recounted of sand cats coming to their camps at night and drinking fresh camel milk."
This is very poorly worded. "Recounted of" is absolutely poor English grammar. "The Toubou people of Northern Africa reported that sand cats came to their camps at night and drank fresh camel milk." This is much better, but if you prefer to leave out "Northern Africa", for whatever personal and editorial reasons, please, at least, allow one of these grammatical sentences: "The Toubou people reported some incidents of sand cats coming to their camps at night and drinking fresh camel milk." OR "The Toubou people reported that sand cats occasionally came to their camps at night and drank fresh camel milk."to remain.
Surely, we should supply a two word modifier "Northern Africa". Please let me know why this was objectionable. Thanks, Tribe of Tiger Let's Purrfect! 05:51, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
I read recently of a wild Sand Cat being seen in Israel, and photographed. If so, it isn't locally extinct, as the article says. I didn't note any details since I wasn't aware of the statement here at the time Chrismorey ( talk) 16:54, 29 May 2021 (UTC).
These may be proposed taxonomy instead of one more commonly accepted at the time of this edit, but discussions pertaining to that topic is a matter of phylogeny and not the editing policy of wikipedia. Removing contents that is not of the nature of original research but with a reference to a published article in a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal appears to be arbitrary and subjective.
Among the Tuareg people of the Ténéré desert, it has a reputation of efficiently killing venomous snakes.
@ BhagyaMani: What is the source for this statement? This sentence has no ref, and is featured only in the lead section. From Special:Diff/954253204, I understand that you have inserted this info. -- NGC 54 ( talk| contribs) 00:57, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
I merged/redirected the two subspecies articles into this one, as they were essentially just partial, sparser duplicates of this article. Also, I added an image that is specified to be of one subspecies to the taxonomy section, so if anyone can find an image specifically of the other subspecies (F. m. margarita), that'd be useful. Happy editing, SilverTiger12 ( talk) 21:29, 9 November 2023 (UTC)